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Shahanshahvand was the name of a royal Gilite clan roaming in
Dakhel Dakhel ( fa, داخل, also Romanized as Dākhel) is a village in Dehshal Rural District, in the Central District of Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh County, Gilan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also cal ...
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Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkm ...
. A member of the clan, Lili ibn al-Nu'man, ruled as the King of the Gilites in the early 10th-century until he was killed in 921 in a battle with the Samanids.


History

The Shahanshahvand clan is first mentioned during Tirdadh's rule as king of the Gilites in the early 10th-century.


Sources

* * History of Gilan Clans Gilaks Iranian families {{Iran-stub